STANKARD. DR. WILLIAM F. STANKARD

THE HARTFORD COURANT

STANKARD. Dr. William F. Stankard, 85, of Haddam Quarter Road, Durham, husband of Mary (Troy) Stankard, died Saturday (Nov. 23, 1996) at Middlesex Hospital. Born in Stamford, he was the son of the late John L. and Ellen (Murray) Stankard. Dr. Stankard had lived in Stamford for the majority of his life, moving to Durham eleven years ago, and was a member of Notre Dame Church, Durham. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army, operated a private medical practice in Stamford for 38 years, was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, was affiliated with and was past president of St. Joseph's Medical Center, Stamford, and also the Stamford Hospital. He was a member of the Board of Education in Stamford, a member of the Knights of Columbus, where he was a fourth degree Knight, served as a professor at St. Basil's College, and was a member of the Innis Arden Golf Club in Old Greenwich and Lymans Meadow Golf Course, Middlefield. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, William F. Stankard Jr., PhD, of Storrs; five daughters, Mrs. Kent A. (Helen) Pritchard of Poughkeepsie, NY, Patricia A. Stankard of Haddam, Mrs. Robert P. (Mary) Trudel of Haddam, Mrs. Peter P. (Eileen) DiRosa of Manchester, and Tara A. McBride of San Francisco, CA; a brother, John L. Stankard of Litchfield; two sisters, Marjorie Stankard of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Mrs. Joseph (Audrey) Donnelly of West Palm Beach, FL; 12 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Tuesday (Nov. 26), 9 a.m., at the Doolittle Funeral Home, 14 Old Church Street, Middletown, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m., at Notre Dame Church, Main Street, Durham, With the Rev. Augustine Naduvilekoot, Pastor, officiating, and interment will be in St. John's Cemetery, Darien. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to make donations in his memory to the American Diabetes Assn. of CT, 300 Research Pkwy., Meriden 06473.